Foundation 2D: Project 1 Final Submission
Here are my explanations and personal interpretation for each panel. My understanding is that although this is a 2D assignment, we are allowed to experiment with textures and protruding elements. I made sure that the 3D entries still conveyed their emotions in a 2D form, i.e. a photograph.
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Thrill – Sudden feeling of excitement. A wild wave of emotion that “moves” tremendously.
The keyword here is wild. I associate it with giddiness, which is why I tried to make dynamic circular strokes in the print. There is a focal point in the swirl, making the strokes seem like they are spiralling outwards.
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Love – The feeling of affection and care for someone that grows even in dark times.
I tried to imagine flowy, elegant lines. I found this easier to achieve using sheer organdy cloth. In order to create rhythm, the flow starts out thin, then slowly bellows out. This portrayed growing love effectively. The soft material is effective in portraying gentleness and care.
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Sadness – A quiet and lethargic feeling of helplessness. Grey, rainy mentality.
I tried to portray a quiet sort of sadness. I used a lot of water for this emotion, to water down the intense black ink. The use of watercolour paper produced interesting patterns resembling tear stains. The white areas represent periodic emptiness.
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Uneasiness – Discomfort in both body and mind. Inability to relax.
I tried to show how thoughts run through our mind when we’re uneasy using repetitive tiny dot like marks. The random splatter of paint reminds me of sweat stains – physical discomfort. The voids at the side of the paper also makes me sort of uneasy.
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Suffering – A conscious endurance of pain. Emotional baggage.
I wanted the look of this emotion to be “heavy”. The hardened wax represents the emotional baggage we carry. It is latched onto our heart. It accumulates over time as we suffer. I layered a bit of black paint over the wax to darken the overall mood since it is a negative emotion.
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Bitterness – A form of anger and resentment that starts out small and burrows its way into our hearts.
The stabbing/digging of the styrofoam progresses from left to right to match the definition of bitterness eating away at our hearts. I experimented with layering black / grey paint over the texture, but for some reason black paint took away depth and distracted the viewer from the texture of the styrofoam.
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Thoughts
It bothered me that the outcome of some panels aren’t what I originally intended them to be. Sometimes they turn out better than the original intended emotion, sometimes they turn out worse. It made me explore other emotions, to see what else I can improve on to make the pattern convey the emotion better.
Before the presentation, we went around looking at everyone’s work and tagging our favourite pieces. It was interesting to find that “love” resonated with my classmates the most. I guess out of the six pieces it does convey the emotion more accurately and strongly. The material and how I arranged it probably caught people’s attention.
As suspected, “uneasiness” was not popular. I asked a lot of people about my portrayal of this emotion before submission and it was either a hit or miss. Some people agreed with my interpretation and could feel the uneasiness, while others were unsure. I suppose it really is up to your own personal interpretation. But it does feel good when people agree unanimously to a particular interpretation.
